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Table 3 Mortality risk ratios (95% confidence intervals) in model with area of residence

From: Family origin and mortality: prospective Finnish cohort study

Variables

Risk ratio

Wald(d.f.)

p-value

Area of residence at age 30-34 years (or ethnicity)

    

   Western Finland

Reference

58.60(2)

< 0.001

   Eastern Finland

1.12

(1.00 to 1.26)

  

   Swedish speaker

0.60

(0.51 to 0.70)

  

Educational level

    

   Primary

Reference

267.93(3)

< 0.001

   Secondary

0.58

(0.52 to 0.65)

  

   Lower-degree tertiary

0.28

(0.23 to 0.34)

  

   Higher-degree tertiary

0.20

(0.15 to 0.27)

  

Family type at age 10-14 years

    

   Lived with both parents

Reference

12.79(1)

< 0.001

   Lived with one parent

1.37

(1.15 to 1.63)

  

Birth year

    

   1953-1955

Reference

5.98(3)

0.11

   1956-1960

0.98

(0.86 to 1.12)

  

   1961-1965

0.90

(0.77 to 1.06)

  

   1966-1970

0.76

(0.61 to 0.95)

  
  1. Number of persons is 61531. Number of deaths is 1464.
  2. Wald statistic (degrees of freedom) and p-value are for the entire variable